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That's very interesting indeed Tengu. Thank you for posting those pictures..I have never seen much less was I ever aware of the Corsair using JATO bottles!

<DOH>!!! I found it! It's in the Documents within the DCS Root folder.

Looking for some help here. I seem to recall seeing a post quite some time ago (years) with a list of TACAN stations on each map - Persian Gulf and Caucus at the time I believe. I have tried using the search function with no help. Does anyone remember seeing this list?

That is a real black and white photo of a Corsair begining his takeoff run from a CVE using JATO bottles. My guess is it's a test of the system as it's the first time I have ever seen a photo of them in use on a Corsair.

very impressive!

I wonder, does that Hornet mod have functioning arresting gear? i.e. would the Corsair be able to make an arrested landing on it?

Once you've figured out how to turn the radios on, next you need to be sure to select the right radio with the ICS transmit switch. It's that panel just below the UHF radio. I'm not familiar enough with the mod to tell you which number coresponds with which radio. The little toggle switches allow you to monitor various radios while the rotary knob selects which one you are going to transmit on.

Rumor monger!!

The "sled" you're referring to was nothing more than a large net with a wooden pole attached to the leading edge. The pontoon had a hook on the forward part of the keel and once the plane has taxied up over the net, the pilot would back off the throttle to allow the hook to catch the net. It seems to me that as a float plane pilot back then, you had to be almost as much a seaman as a pilot in order to survive!

....or they could just model the cockpit and make it a single player a/c and to heck with all the grognards and rivet counters!!

I just spooooged all over my keyboard!! You guys are amazing!

I believe that the issue could be 2 fold, 1) the path that you use from the IFOLS is straight out behind the arresting area and the path that we would probably be flying in the Corsair would be more of a curved approach and 2) I see a problem with being able to see the LSO if he is modeled to scale. Sure, one could zoom in on him enough to see him and what he is doing with his arms and legs but possibly/probably to the detriment of continuing to accurately control your approach, which could be hazardous when close in. I'm not saying it can't be done, I just think that there will be some interesting challenges associated with it. I can't wait to see what you all come up with. The depiction of the IFOLS on the screen when the Super Carrier first came out was really interesting and I hope you give the armchair aviator the flexibility to choose to use your solution or not. I am so looking forward to seeing how/if you do this!!

While I appreciate that this is indeed an interesting discussion, it ocurrs to me that it really is straying way off the path of the subject of this thread, Proposed ED Carrier, not to mention the subject of this whole subsection of the forum, WWII Pacific Theater.

Progress!

As am I. I too am quite interested in whether or not M3 has given any thought to attempting to develop some type of LSO for the carrier. I have seen a few different styles in the past and none of them really helped much - which is not hard to understand given the limitations of our hardware at home. In any case, I am really looking forward to this particular module.

No. I don't have discord.

I'd just about give.......a lot to see an update from Flyingiron on their A-7E.

It's a mod however, by the looks of the screen shot of the cockpit, I'd say you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference between the two.

I couldn't agree more!! +1000

Yeah, it's scary just looking at the picture!!

I hate to sound like a girl here but, it's getting to be that time of month again. I need some relief! I need a Flyingiron Simulations A-7 fix !

That really sucks Bwaze! Maybe it's just a matter of the size and/or weight of the various packages that holds them up in shipping? A squad mate of mine ordered his Combat and Takeoff panels and received both of them in just about a week as well. We're both in the US - him on the east coast and me on the west coast. Regardless, I am very impressed with how fast they came, given the time of year and all the talk lately of supply chain issues. And besides all of that, the actual products are fantastic!

Winwing certainly doesn't have one!! I ordered my Takeoff and Combat panels on Christmas day, quite prepared to not see them on my doorstep until sometime this spring and actually got my first box 3 days later and the second one arrived today! Their packaging was exceptional also. I am nothing less than totally blown away!

This is not a request based on my dissatisfaction with any of the stock skins rather, it is being made in hopes that, with a User Made skin, we'll once again be able to see the flight deck markings while in the Mission Editor. As a matter of fact, this is actually a request for just the flight deck, not the rest of the ship. Can this even be done??

I don't believe that you could get those Seahawks parked there up against the island without having a large number of plane handlers pushing them into place by hand.